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Craftable is on the move again – location and day! We are returning to Tuesday afternoons, now at the Royal Naval Association clubhouse in East St.

Huge thanks go to Wellbeing@GaronPark for hosting us since May. We are committed to supporting the project and making it work, wish you all future success, and hope to return in the future.

The full address of our new venue is: RNA, 73-79 East St, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6LQ. It’s just past the Blue Boar junction on Victoria Avenue (and very close to a really, really good fish and chip shop!!)

At Craftable we’re living proof. Long-term physical and mental health issues, usually in combination, are isolating – physically and socially. By coming together to craft as a group, we are also spending time talking, laughing, sharing and helping each other. In doing so, we learn from each other and support each other.

From Wednesday 3 May, Craftable is on the move to The Cricket Pavilion, Garon Park. After 16 happy months of Tuesday meetings at SAVS, we are going back to our Wednesday slot at the new venue.

This means that we will NOT be meeting on Tuesday 2 May. As we’ll be finding our feet and getting used to the new arrangements, please bring along your own projects, although the colouring bag will be coming with me as usual.

So that’s 1.30 till 4.30 pm, Weds 3 May, at The Cricket Pavilion. Please text me if you need a little more help or need to talk about the changes.

Advance notice of closing times! This year we will be holding our last session before Christmas on Tuesday, 13th December. There will be no group for 2 weeks, but we will be back open for business on Tuesday 3 January 2017, starting at our usual time of 1.30 pm.

It’s still a bit early, but who cares – Season’s Greetings to you all 🙂

On Saturday 14 May, we will be holding a table sale for Craftable at Westcliff Free Church, London Road, Westcliff (corner of Ronald Park Ave). Entry is free, and the theme is crafting. Supplies, handmade gifts, kits etc will be available plus the usual bric-a-brac, books, toys and games, toiletries etc. There will of course be homemade cakes and refreshments available too.

On Saturday, Jen was interviewed by a company called MediaTrust for inclusion in a show called “My Brilliant Moment”. This will be aired on the Community Channel (Freeview HD 53) and will also be available to watch on catch-up tv services such as BBC iPlayer. It was a really exciting experience to be able to talk about Craftable, its aims and goals and its wonderful members, in a show that regularly reaches around half a million viewers.

Watch this space – more details will be forthcoming about when the show will be aired, and there should also be a direct link from this page.